Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5070  ·  NGC 6989  ·  NGC 6997  ·  Pelican Nebula  ·  The star 56Cyg  ·  The star 57Cyg
Pelican Nebula also known as IC 5070, Cosar Catalin Daniel
Pelican Nebula also known as IC 5070
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Pelican Nebula also known as IC 5070, Cosar Catalin Daniel
Pelican Nebula also known as IC 5070
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Description

Pelican Nebula ( in SHO ) also known as IC 5070 is a large area of emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. It bears a resemblance to a pelican, hence its name.

The image was taken during 4 nights and is a total of aprox. 11h of data.

Baader Narrowband filters

Ha(7nm) - 70x300sec

Oiii (8.5nm)- 8x1200sec

Sii(8nm) - 10x1200sec

Televue Np101 telescope

EQ8_PRO Mount

Moravian G3_16200 camera

SG-4 standalone autoguider and Borg50 guidescope

Data captured with SGpro,alligned and stacked with ccd_stack 2 and processed in Pixinsight.

Location - Henlow (Bedfordshire)

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Pelican Nebula also known as IC 5070, Cosar Catalin Daniel